Seco aims to make manufacturing fast, easy, and sustainable by leveraging machine data, which is crucial for overcoming future sustainability and regulatory challenges. At Seco, our purpose is »Together we make manufacturing fast, easy and sustainable.» As manufacturing companies work towards more sustainable manufacturing, there are challenges regarding the collection, analysis and management of relevant data. As highlighted by future legislation, data connected to the machine and (…)
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Companies
Made to Measure: New Mitutoyo Europe President Sets Out Plans for Growth
As the recently appointed President of Mitutoyo Europe, Ray Penny is the first non-Japanese national to fulfil this role in 57 years of Mitutoyo in Europe. It marks a new era with changing leadership and a renewed strategy that outlines the ambitions of this progressive business to build on a long legacy of metrology market success and look at potential new growth avenues through a slightly different lens. Headquartered in Japan, Mitutoyo Corporation stands as a pillar in the field of (…)
Motion
Schwer ganz leicht: Robuste, kompakte Zykloidgetriebe für Heavy-Duty-Anwendungen
Für Präzisionsanwendungen mit höheren Lasten bietet Nabtesco ein fein abgestuftes Produktportfolio an kompakten Hochleistungsgetrieben in zykloider Bauart. Die innovativen Getriebesysteme sind besonders leistungsstark, widerstandsfähig sowie zuverlässig und stellen selbst in den anspruchsvollsten Anwendungen eine punktgenaue und effiziente Positionierung sicher. Eine ideale Lösung für hohe Drehmomente und große Traglasten. Schwere Lasten werden oft mittels Hydraulik oder großen (…)
Robotics
COMAU UNVEILS ITS NEW MYCO FAMILY OF SIX COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS AT AUTOMATICA 2025
Comau’s MyCo Cobots offer collaborative safety, easy installation and programming, and flexible automation for precise, safe, and ergonomic workflows in any company. Comau announced the worldwide launch of MyCo, its new family of collaborative robots, at Automatica 2025 (June 24-27) in Munich, Germany. The MyCo lineup features six distinct cobot models with payload capacities ranging from 3 kg to 15 kg, specifically designed to meet the growing global demand for versatile, safe and (…)
Automation
KMR IISY CR SETS STANDARDS IN THE CLEANROOM
With the KMR iisy CR, KUKA offers a versatile autonomous mobile robot as a variant for intelligent use in cleanrooms for the 11- and 15-kilogram payload categories. Consisting of a mobile platform and the six-axis LBR iisy CR robot, the KMR iisy CR is an optimal mobile manipulator for work in cleanrooms thanks to its low-particle and low-emission properties and ESD certification. After quick and easy installation, it carries out pick and place applications, material transport or (…)
Tooling
TUNGALOY EXPANDS THE TUNGCUT SERIES WITH STX INSERTS
TungCut delivers high-precision and stable performance in grooving and parting operations through excellent chip control and a high-rigidity clamping structure. Tungaloy Corporation announces the expansion of its TungCut series with the introduction of STX inserts featuring a 3D chipbreaker and PCD grade DX160, providing excellent chip control and surface finish in non-ferrous metal grooving applications. In grooving, parting, and lateral cutting operations on non-ferrous metals such as (…)
Automation
Together for Advanced On-demand Manufacturing
Comau and Roboze have announced a collaboration focused on meeting the market need for affordable automation in advanced, on-demand manufacturing applications. The cooperation targets a range of sectors, from automotive and aerospace to energy, racing, and beyond. The joint effort accelerates the availability of automation for advanced manufacturing everywhere, enabling true just-in-time production whenever and wherever it is needed. This directly supports reshoring strategies and (…)
Motion
HIWIN PRESENTS ISO-2 CERTIFIED TOOTHED BELT AXES FOR CLEAN ROOMS
These timing belt axes are now ISO Class 2 cleanroom certified – ideal for production processes that require the highest levels of cleanliness and minimal particle concentration. We have now also had our toothed belt axes certified to ISO Class 2 cleanroom standards. This once again demonstrates our ability to respond individually to demanding production processes. For companies where even the slightest contamination can significantly impair the manufacturing process, classification in (…)
IoT
Critical Manufacturing Named as a Representative Vendor in 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for MES
Critical Manufacturing was named a Representative Vendor in Gartner´s May 2025 MES Market Guide, highlighting its role in advancing digital manufacturing with AI and IoT. Critical Manufacturing, a leader in advanced Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and a subsidiary of ASMPT, has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the May 2025 Gartner Market Guide for MES report. Gartner´s key industry report says »MES solutions are foundational to digital manufacturing. The MES market is (…)
Control
IDS LAUNCHES GIGE UEYE LE CAMERAS WITH SONY STARVIS 2 SENSORS
Compact, single-board design combines cost-efficiency with outstanding image quality in challenging lighting conditions. Whether in quality assurance, medical technology or automation - industrial image processing places high demands on precision and reliability, even under difficult conditions. IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is therefore expanding its portfolio of cost-optimised project cameras from the GigE uEye LE series with state-of-the-art Sony Starvis 2 sensors. These deliver (…)